T-6 on its' belly at Falcon Field in Mesa, AZ today

[Fearless Tower]

I heard they left the Left main gear at Marana after a botched landing attempt.

JH

As a T6 owner, I'm genuinely curious how you shear off a MLG on a landing attempt and can still fly away.

[Matt Gunsch]

I heard they left the Left main gear at Marana after a botched landing attempt.

JH

As a T6 owner, I'm genuinely curious how you shear off a MLG on a landing attempt and can still fly away.

Think Asiana airlines and the seawall in San Francisco

[Joe Scheil]

It actually looks like the airplane has both landing gear legs, but the left leg has no "lower" or wheel and brake assy....yikes.

[JimH]

I heard they left the Left main gear at Marana after a botched landing attempt.

JH

As a T6 owner, I'm genuinely curious how you shear off a MLG on a landing attempt and can still fly away.

Hit a few feet short of the numbers...I’ve got 900 some hours of T-6 time and I can’t imagine it either.

[lmritger]

It actually looks like the airplane has both landing gear legs, but the left leg has no "lower" or wheel and brake assy....yikes.

Just went back and watched the video 3-4 times... and holy crap, you and Jim are right. There's no port wheel - the MLG leg is sheared around the top of the "fork" with the axle mount.

Holy smokes man, that's an insanely hard hit.

Lynn

[bdk]

Maybe the gland nut backed out and the entire lower leg dropped away?

Could be an undetected fatigue crack that caused the leg to fracture.

[RyanShort1]

Maybe the gland nut backed out and the entire lower leg dropped away?

Could be an undetected fatigue crack that caused the leg to fracture.

Or some sort of faulty re-install that didn't get caught. Plenty of potential reasons.

[Matt Gunsch]

Maybe the gland nut backed out and the entire lower leg dropped away?

Could be an undetected fatigue crack that caused the leg to fracture.

Or some sort of faulty re-install that didn't get caught. Plenty of potential reasons.

Not likely, it is hard enough to install the gland nut, let alone for one to come out on it's own. even if it did, the torque links would keep the upper and lower legs together.
It is very easy to snap a gear leg, hit the raised end of a runway with the wheel, you are doing 80-90 MPH, with 5000 + pounds of airframe, and something is going to give. the chrome section of the gear leg is hollow with walls less than a 1/4 in thick.
That plane will not be flying for a while as it most likely took out the trunion and prob did some damage in the wing center section.

parachutes and seat cushions are still un accounted for